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Newspaper Page TextSIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAH. TRIBUNE ftiusial craves, Yankees By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Stan Musial took over the Na tional league batting lead for the first time this season today in a powerful bid to make good his prediction that he'll win the seventh title of his career. The 35-year-old Musial ham mered out seven hits in nine trips as the St. Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phililes Sunday, to lift his average to .327 and take the lead from Cincinnati's Ed Eailey by one point. Musial, who also leads the National League with 69 runs batted in, has walloped 12 hits in 20 tries for a .600 mark since the All- Star interlude. Stan the Man drove in three runs with a single, double and homer to lead the Cardinals to a 9-1 win in the opener and had two doubles, a triple and a sin gle in five tries although the Rcdbirds dropped the nightcap. 7-5. Murry Dickson won his seventh game in the opener while Saul Rogovin was credited with his fifth win for the Phillies in the second game. Dark Supports Stan Alvin Dark, continuing his blazing post All-Star batting pace, supported Musial with three hits in the first game but was held to one hit in five at tempts in the nightcap. A seventh batting title would f.n:,hln Musial to tie Rogers Ifnrnsuy and leave him one short of the National League mark hold by Honus Wagner. Ty Cobb holds the big league mark of 12 batting championships. The Milwaui.ee Braves, mean while, retained their two-game hold on first place in the NL when they downed the Pitts burgh Pirates, 3-2 and 4-1. War ren Spahn won his eighth game in the opener when Vern Law walked Danny O'Connell with the bases filled in the eighth in ning while Bob Trowbridge and Taylor Phillips collaborated in a six-hitter in the second game. Redlegs Win Two Relief pitcher B'tster Free man pitched a total of five shut im' innings to receive credit for bmU wins an the second-place Cincinnati Redlegs won a pair ct extra-inning. 4-3 decisions over the New York Giants. Rocky Bridges delievered his first hit and drove in his first run of the year to win the night cap in the 11th inning after Bob Thurman singled home the win nig run in the 10th of the open er. Freeman shut out the Giants for the four innings in the first game and pitched one shutout inning in the second game to pick up his sixth and seventh wins of the campaign. Carl Furillo drove in six runs with a two-run homer and a grand slam to help the Brooklyn Dodgers down the Chicago Cubs, 10-8, and snap a five-game losing streak. Don Newcombe scored his 12th victory tops for the NL, although relieved in the seventh. Ernie Banks hit a grand slam homer for the Cubs. The New York Yankees in creased their American league lead to lCVj games when they downed the Chicago White Sox. ' 2 1 and 6-5. Whitey Ford out pitched 13-ganie winner Billy Pierce in the opener and Hank Bauer came through with a two run single off Jim Wilson to take the 10-inning nightcap. The White Sox, who have lost eight straight, were within three put outs of a split when Fred Hat field homered in the top of the 10th. Indians Split Pair Dave Sisler, aided by Ike De- Lock in the ninth, pitched a two- hitter to give the Boston Red Sox a 3-1 win after the Cleve land Indians won the first game, 10-7. Ted Williams had two dou bles for the Red Sox in the night cap. Rookie Tito Francona snapped a 1-1 tie with a homer in the first game and smashed a grand slam in the nightcap to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-2 and 6-3 sweep of the Detroit Tigers. Ray Moore and Hal Brown pick ed up the wins for the Orioles. v.-ho displaced the Tigers in fifth place. Homers by Lou Berberet and Jose Valdivielso paced the Wash ington Senators to a 7-3 ver dict after Wally Burnette spun a six-hit shutout in his big league debut to give tne Kansas City Athletics an 8-0 triumph. Bur nette. 27-year-old right-hander recalled from Denver last Thurs day, struck out four and walked only one. NEW TFACK MARK Budapest, Hungary tu.Ri Sandor Iharos has set new world track records of 27:43.8 for six miles and 28:42.8 for 10,000 nieters. Yosemite. Calif. (U.R) Ernie Rose, of Patterson, Calif., driv ing the "Lil' Bee." won the na tional championship title in the B-Racing runabout class yester day in the 13th annual Lake Yosemite Power regatta. Grabs Ul Stick Lead; edlegs Sleep Pace; oost Margin to IOV2 STUDS IN FRONT ALONE IN SO LEAGUE'S CHASE SOUTHERN' OREGON LEAGUE STANDINGS W Me-Jford 7 CoqulUe - 6 Coos Bay-North Bend 6 Drain 6 Bend . 5 Pet .583 .500 .500 .500 .417 Medford Cheney Studs hold the lone leadership at the half way point of the Southern Ore gon Baseball league campaign. The Studs took two of their three week end games with Co auille while Bend had similar success at Coos-Bay-North Bend. Results knocked Coquille and CB-NB out of a front spot dead lock with the Medfordites. Bend tightened the race although stay ing in the cell ir. Medford and Bend each won two Saturday conflicts and dropped their Sunday encount ers. Coquille's Loggers nipped the Studs 5 to 4 in 11 innings yesterday after the Studs had won 8 to 5 and 7 to 1 on Satur- cay. The Lumberjack polished off the central Oregon nine 13 to 0 Sunday. Bend won 8 to 7 and 2 to 1 on Saturday. Errors in the extra 11th in ning spoiled Stud bid for a three game sweep. The Loggers com bined Betnar's single, Worthan's fielder's option and two over throw errors for the winning run. The marker came on a close play at home. Medford took a 2 to 0 lead in the mix with fourth and fifth inning runs. Coquille used three hits, and an error and a flyout to go on top 3 to 2 in the bottom of the fifth. The Studs tied it in the ninth on a hit bat ter, stolen base, groundout and Twink Pederson's sacrific fly. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (By United Press) W L Pet. GB 63 39 .618 59 41 .590 1 52 46 .531 9 43 52 .480 14 46 51 .474 14 V, 46 52 .469 15 45 55 .450 17 38 61 .384 23 Sesttle Hollywood San Fran. . Sacramento Portland San Diego Vancouver Sunday's Results Los Angeles 10-6. Seattle 4-2. San Francisco 4-5. Hollywood 2-12. San Diego 7-4. Portland 6-6. (Only games scheduled) NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Milwaukee 47 30 Cincinnati 46 33 Brooklyn 43 36 St. Louis 41 40 Phila 36 44 Pittsburgh 37 42 Chicago 34 43 New York 30 46 Pet .610 .582 .544 .506 .450 .468 .442 395 GB 2 5 8 12!; 11 13 16 Vi Sunday's Results Cincinnati 4, New York 3 (1st, II inningsi. Cincinnati 4. New York 3 (2nd. l: innings. Milwaukee 3. Pittsburgh 2 (1st). Milwaukee 4. Pittsburgh 1 (2ndi. St. Louis 9. Philadelphia 1 list). Philadelphia 7. St. Louis 5 (2nd). Brooklyn 10. Chicago 8. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. GB New York 57 26 .687 Cleveland 45 35 .563 10 'i Chicago 43 35 .551 11 'j Boston 44 36 .550 11 a Baltimore 37 44 .457 19 Detroit 36 45 .444 20 Washington .... 33 53 .384 25 'j Kansas Citv 30 51 .370 26 Sunday's Results New York 2. Chicago 1 (1st). New York 6. Chicago 5 (2nd. 10 innings). Cleveland 10. Boston 7 (1st). Boston 3. Cleveland 1 i2ndi. Kansas City 8. Washington 0 (1st) Washington 7, Kansas City 3 (2nd). Baltimore 7, Detroit 2 1 1st). Baltimore 6. Detroit 3 (2nd). NORTHWEST LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Spokane 3 1 .750 Yakima 5 4 .555 Wenatchee 5 4 .555 Salem 5 4 .555 1 Eugene 4 5 .400 2 Lewiston 3 6 .333 2l3 Sunday's Results Salem 5-0, Eugene 0-2. Lewiston 5-4. Wenatchee 1-13. Spokane 14. Yakima 12.. Casper Winner Of LaBarr Open Boischatel, Que. 0J.R) Bill Casper Jr. tucked his first big paycheck in his pocket today and went fishing to celebrate winning Canada's richest golf tournament, the $26,800 LaBatt Open. "That's all I want to do," he said. "Fish and rest up for the Tarn O'Shanter in Chicago in August." The 25-year-old swinger from Chula Vista. Calif., finished with a 14 under par 274 for 72 holes over the Royal Quebec course Casper was two strokes in front of 46-year-old Jimmy Demaret Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. Al Besselink finished three strokes back of Casper. The tall Merchantville, N.J., swinger picked up a third place check of S2 100. Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASY! Monday, July 18, 1938 Then the Rogue valley club went on top in the tenth on Terry Maddo:;'s single, two groundouts and Bob Smith's dou ble. Coquille tied it at 4-all on a walk, force play and Moreno's two-baser. Pitcher Bob Selsor gave Co quille only five hits. He fanned five and walked five. Jim Lehl allowed the Studs seven hits whiffed five, walked seven and hit one. The Studs got a seven-hitter from hurler Bob White Saturday night and hard hitting from Terry Maddox, Dick Toney, Jerry Bettendorf and White. Maddox had a double and triple in five times up. White hit two for three and Toney slugged a triple as did Bettendorf. John Kovenz doubled to aid a three run surge in the fifth inning and .Maddox and Bettendorf highlighted a three- marker seventh with triples. Pete Good brod, Moreno and Dave Doug lass got two hits each for Co quille. White fanned seven and walk ed two. LINESCORES: (Saturday night) Medford 000 030 310 7 11 1 Coquille 001 000 000 1 7 0 White and Srrlith; Stafford, Morana (7) and Harrington. (Sundav) Medford 000 110 001 10 7 4 Coquille 000 030 000 11 5 5 2 Selsor and Smith: Lehl and Harring ton. Carole Loses PMGA Finale Vancouver. B. C Bob Kidd, Vancouver, defeated Erv Parent. Seattle, 5 and 4 Saturday for the Pacific Northwest Golf as sociation title. JoAnne Gunder- son, Seattle, won from Carole Jo Kabler, Sutherlin, Ore., 4 and 3 for the women's laurels. NO COMPLICATIONS Galveston, Tex. (U.R) Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was re covering "with no complica tions" today from long surgery Friday to ease the pain of can cer. Glendale Stops Colts' Bid In Rogue Valley Baseball ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS W ... 8 ... 6 .. 6 . 5 Pet .875 .750 .750 .625 .500 .250 .250 .000 Glendale Grants Pass .... Cave Junction . Cheney Colts ... Ashland 4 2 . 2 Camp White Butte Falls . Eagle Point 0 Glendale maintained its first place hold and wrecked the Cheney Colts' attempt for a top spot tie yesterday by scoring a 4 to 2 verdict over the Cheney nine at Glendale. The loss dropped the Colts into fourth' place. Grants Pass and Cave Junction remained knotted for second, the Merch ants by clipping Eagle Point 9 to 2 and the Outlaws by edging Camp White 3 to 1. Ashland won its fracas with Butte Falls 12 to 4. Glendale took a 3 to 0 bulge over the Colts but the Cheney farmers made it 3 to 2 in the sixth on a walk, stolen base, single by Doy Gatlin and two wild pitches. However, Bob George homered for the Millers in the bottom of the frame to pad the Glendale margin. The loop pacers got a hit by Gene Stein, the aid of a miscue and two sacrifices for a first inning run. Two counters came in the fifth on hits by Stein and Monty Bates, a walk and a wild pitch. Siein 3 for 4 Stein hit three for four, Bates two for three and George two for four while Duane Miller, and Merwyn Hulbert held the Colts to five raps. At Camp White all the scor ing was in the first three cantos. In the first Larry Maurer trip led and Ron Maurer doubled for Cave Junction. Wayne Saffer's Holland Captures Europe Tourney Rome. Italy (U.R) Holland is the new European amateur base ball champion and will compete in the Global World Series at Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 7-12. Hol land, a newcomer to the tourna ment, won all four of its games in the round-robin European championships which ended Sun day night. Belgium was second and Italy third. I Mf- Yreka Host Wednesday Medford Cheney Studs will try for their second win of the sea son over the Yreka Indians base ball team Wednesday. The tussle with the Californ ians, an evening affair at the fairgrounds here, will be the first tilt at home in 10 days for the Studs. Medford's semi-pros .tripped the Indians 9 to 5 in an early June meeting. A Studs' four-run inning, helped by John Kovenz's two-run homer, was the big boost in the victory. The early season decision followed three Studs' victories over Yreka last year. Medford's club aims to continue the domination. Manager Bill Snavely may pick his starting chucker from among Dennis Bennett, Larry Root, Loren Cummins and Rocky Biscotti. All except Biscotti saw duty against the Studs in the early June mix. Bennett was the starter and took the loss. Possible Players Yreka may have its big catch er, Bill Kleaver, back in har ness. He was on the injured list and did not play in the previous scuffle. Infielders for the Indians may be Jack Clark, first base; Butch Pickard, second base; Willie Jones, shortstop, and Root, third base. Larry DeRushia, Dick Hock aday, Don Cotello and Dick De Avilla are those from who out fielders could be picked Adjustments in that line-up could mean Clark at first. Hock- aday at second, Pinckard at short and Jones at third. Wednesday s tussle has no league significance. Yreka is a member of the Northern Califor nia circuit and Medford of the Southern Oregon league Rogue Valley Gals Cop 2; Play Tuesday Rogue Valley girls' softball team downed the Basinettes at Klamath Falls 10 to 7 and 11 to 10 on Sunday and will face Red Britton's Klamath County All- Stars at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Eagle Point. Doris Hickson and Pat Sch roeder homered for Rogue Val ley in the first game, Diane Tut- tle hit three for five and Jean Bitterling two for four. The Rogue Valley club got six of its second game runs in the first inning and went to the field in the last of the fifth leading 11 to 3. The Basinettes then al most caught up with seven tal lies. Pat Barron of the RV nine issued 10 walks and hit two bat ters. Her sister, Sandy Barron, gave 10 walks and hit three Jean Maine homered for RV in the second game. triple, an error and Larry Maur er's single got the two third inning scores. Larry Irwin and Gordy Thoreson hit and Jim Mc Abee and Dick Wooton walked to force home the CW run in the third McAbee and Ron Maurer hit two for two with McAbee get ting a double and triple. Wayne Saffer and Larry Maurer sock ed two for four and Les Saffer two for five. LINESCORES: Cheney Colts 000 002 000 2 543 Cilendale 100 021 OOx i 10 Sides. Forette (6) and Morris; Mil ler, nuioert ano iviunyon. Butte Falls 002 001 100 4 6 3 Asniand 233 001 03x 12 14 Baker, Moore (2) and P. Conley; farenx and sword. Cave Junction 102 000 000 3 8 1 Camp White 001 000 000 1 6 3 L. Saffer and R. Maurer; Nelson and AlcAoee. Glen Bassett Net Victor Portland U.R) Glen Bas sett, Santa Monica, Calif., is Ore gon State tennis champion. Bassett dropped his first set 4-6, to Gregory Grant, Southern California student, yesterday, then roared back to take three straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, and 6-1 for the men's singles title in the state tournament. The women's title went to Jean Laird, Modesto, Calif., University of California grad this spring. Miss Laird scored a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Linda Vail. Oakland, Calif., in -yesterday's final play. Only Oregon entries to keep a title at" home were Neale and Sam Lee in the men's doubles. They downed Jack Neer and Bill Rose, Portland, 6-0. 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. SHIRLEY FRY WINNER Dusseldorf, Germany (U.R) Wimbledon tennis champion Shirley Fry of St. Petersburg, Fla., won the women's singles title in the international tennis tournament here Sunday by beating Heather Brewer of Ber muda, 6-1, 13-11. Bob Perry of Los Angeles won the men's title with a 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. 1-6, 6-1 vic tory over Don Candy of Australia. Angels Nab 2 Games From Suds; Beavers Divide With Padres By SCOTT BAILLE United Press Sports Writer It just doesn't pay to rough up the league-leading Los An geles Angeles, especially if you are engaged in a one-two battle with them for the Pacific Coast League pennant. Runnerup Seattle got tough Welch Car Fastest in Drag Races Roger Welch, Medford, gun ned his '56 Chevrolet to the top time of 89.10 miles per hour at the end of the quarter-mile strip at the Southern Oregon Timing association sponsored drag races held at the Camp White strip Sunday afternoon. Floyd Young, Talent, regist ered 96 miles per hour to take honors as fastest time for motor cycles. He also was top elimin ator of the day. The 58 entries in 13 classes raced as 1500 spectators looked on.- Seven motorcycles entered in 2 cycle classes. Class winners were: "D" stock, Morris Stringer, Ashland; "C" stock, Monte Wray, Ashland; "B" stock, Roger Sommers, Ashland; "A" stock, Fred Muskopf, Grants Pass; "C" gas, Roger Welch, Med ford; "B"' gas, Jerry Lausmann, Medford; "A" gas, William Stev en, Grants Pass: "C" altered, Blair Crosby, Medford; "B" sports. Bob Ferns, Phoenix; "A" sports, Don Hawk, Medford. Vev, Karhy Win Four-Ball Meet Hot Springs, Va. (U.R) Con sistency paid off today for Bev erly Hanson and Kathy Corneli us, who won the 36,500 Home stead Women's Four-Ball Golf tournament without once being below par during the four rounds of competition. Miss Hanson of Apple Valley, Calif., and Mrs .Cornelius of Lake Worth, Fla., put together rounds of 71, 65, 69, and 71 to finish with a total of 276. They finished four strokes in front of Mrs. Marlene Bauer Hagge and Mickey Wright. 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The Padres won the opener, 7-6, in free swinging fray and the Beavers evened it up, 6-4, in the second game. 39th Homer Steve Bilko smashed his 39th home run of the campaign for Los Angeles with a man aboard in the opener against Howie Jud son, who dropped his seventh decision. The Angeles' Gale Wade and Jim Bolger also connected a two- run homer apiece after their big first baseman had set the pattern. Dave Hillman gave up seven hits, four of them in the last inning, while going the dis tance for his 11th triumph against four setbacks. Milt Smith and Bill Glynn solved him for a pair of homers. Then manager Bob Scheffing s thumpers sewed up the nightcap with a six-run blast in the fourth inning that helped Gene Fodge stagger home to his eighth win although pelted for 11 hits. Don Fracchia got the loss. Litirell 'Drives in 3 The Padres rallied for three runs in the seventh inning of the first game to down Portland behind the relief pitching of Bob Hall (3-3), a former Beaver who was sold to San Diego last week. Rene Valdes took the loss, his seventh. Rocky Colavito hom ered for San Diego with a man on base as did Joe Astroth. Luis Marquez and Sam Calderone connected for Portland, trje lat- ter's blast coming with two on Jack Littrell, who had tripled in the first game for the Bevos, clubbed a three-run homer in the fifth inning of the nightcap to earn his employes a split, Bob Darnell (10-6), went the seven inning route for the win while Eddie Erautt (6-13), re lieved Arnie Atkins in the third and was stung with the defeat. Vacation-mlnffsd motorists bode - in tits. P1 Excise Tax R. Johnson A ALT Tit list In Decathlon Crawfordsville, Ind. (U.R) Robust Rafer Johnson of UCLA and Milt Campbell of the Navy, twd dead - game, never - say - die athletes, today gave Uncle Sam a powerful one-two punch for the Olympic decathlon title at Melbourne. Johnson copped the National AAU title and Olympic trials Saturday night with 7,754 points in the 10 events the toughest grind in track and field de spite a knee injury suffered in the high jump Friday night. It was the fourth best in the world declathlon history. Campbell, the former Indiana football and track star who just missed qualifying for the Olym pic team in the 110-meter high hurdles, finished second with 7, 555 points, 199 back of John son. Johnson missed the world rec ord of 7,895 he set 13 months ago by 231 points and Bob Math- ias' 1952 meet mark by a scant 71. Pat Lesser Heads Golf Aspirants Huntington, W.Va. (U.R) De fending champion Pat Lesser led a field of 150 amateurs today in the qualifying round of the 56th annual Women's Western Amateur Golf association tour nament. Miss Lesser, Seattle, Wash., nd Mary Patton Janssen of Charlottesville, Va., runner up in the British Amater, were the first of three featured twosomes teeing off in 12 minutes of each I Via Departure: Lv. 7:20 ami -for trade-in your old fires and save on Riverside DELUXE! Wards Finest Rayon Tube-type Tire 370 Riverside Deluxe same quality as original equipment fires. Super rayon cord body for bruise resistance. Non-skid cold rubber tread gives IW. 6 V I IJI Ji WKl J TWl M 8 Mounted Free with Modem Tool Satisfaction Guaranteed Nafiotv-wid Bax Moore ATA Champ Portland (U.R) Tillamook marksmen walked off with more than their share of the hardware yesterday as the annual Oregon state strapshoot of the Amateur Trapshooting association, came to a close here. Baxter Moore Jr. of Tilla mook, broke 388 targets out of a possible 400 to win the all-around championship and N. E. Fisher, another marksman from the coastal city, won the Oregon handicap with a score of 98. Frank Simpson, Cornelius, won a shootoff with Ken Jones, Condon, for second spot in the handicap after each had scored a 97 in the regular shoot Top honors in the Class AA went to W. E. Fisher from Til lamook with a score of 199. Gor don Miller, Drain, finished sec ond. Wayne Bethea Picked New York (U.R) Heavy weight Wayne Bethea, strong and rugged, is favored at 13-10 to spoil Jimmy Slade's come back attempt tonight in their TV 10-rounder at St. Nicholam arena. Both are New Yorkers. ROSEWALL CHAMP Baastad, Sweden (U.R) Ken Rosewall of Australia won the men's singles title in the inter national tennis tournament here Sunday by beating Kurt Niel sen of Denmark, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1. He also shared in the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles. 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